Improvement in machines for sowing fertilizers



AJ. PEELER.

Patented Juh 21,1859.

N- PEERSY P UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES PEELER, OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

IMPROVEMENT'INv MACHINES FOR SOWING FERTILIZERS,

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 24,485, dated June 21, 1859.

TO all. whom t't may con'oem:

Be it known that I, JAMES PEELER, of Tallahassee, in the county of Leon and State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Distribut-ers; and I vdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawin gs, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing and arranging the several parts of the machine in the manner hereinaftcr particularly described;

. In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the hopper off. Fig. 3 is a view of the hopper With one end removed.

lll the d raWin gs, Arepresentsa frame, which is placed upon an aXle, O, Which aXle is supported by means of two wheels, B B. pon this fralne is placed a hopper, E, in which the lnanure is placed. The hopper is made in the nsual form, with inclined sides, and is Open at its bottom, and has a portion of one of the sides cut away at its bottom to make a larger and more suitable aperture for disoharging the material.

L represents a slide to cover the aperture in the side. K and I are a connecting-rod and lever or handle for operating slide L'.

D is an apron secured under the fame A, the front part of the apron being secured by a strap,to the front part of the frame, and the rear of said apron being secured by astrap also tol the rear of the frame. Two straps are employed, both at back and front, to secure and hold the said apron, as seen at 0 and a,

Fig. 1. The rear of the apron is hnng lower than the front, so that standing on an incline the material lnay be more readily shaken ofi'.

d d represent two bars, which stand in a Vertical position, and which are secured to the apron at its rear. Said bars have a rod, e',

which passes through a horizon-tal slidin g bar,

i, and slides up and down in it. This bardis provided with a metal strip bent at right angles, one side being secured to said bar, the other side projecting, so that its end Will catch in and be opcrated by means of a corrugated 'piece of metal which surrounds the aXle or the hub of the wheel. When the wheel turns around the corrugations of the strip F catch the metallic strip a: on the bar d and elevate the bar, and consequently the apron, and as the end of the strip :v falls from one corrngation to theother an up-and-down motion is communicated to the apron, and the manure is shaken off by this operation as it continues. As the apron is raised it is at the same time pushed back some, and When it falls it falls forward at the same time it drops downward. Thus the said apron has two motions Whicll serve to throw everything from it. The apron is provided With ribs, When necessary, in order to collect the manure and distribute it in drlls, said ribs standing in a V-position on the plane of the apron.

J represents a stop or chuck Which stands bellind the bar 12 and holds it in position when the machine is being operated. When said Chuck is removed the bar t' may be pushed back and the 'machine thrownout of gear. When the-material placedin the hopper passes out at its bottom it .falls directly upon the 'apron and is carried ofi' by the shaking motion, as described. g

The ribs secured on the apron may be placed at any convenient distance apart, so as to drill as far apart as may be required. When it is desirable to tllrow the manure broadcast these ribs may be very easily removed.

The slide in 'the hopper may be raised or lowered by the operator in order to allow of a Lfree passage of lwhatever kind of manure 1 may have in the hopper. The operator, by raising and lowerng the slide, may work out the material when it is inclined to stick or remain in the hopper.

By this arangement of devices I make a veryeconomical distributer for farniers generally. The corrugated band may be secured to any hub or aXle, and the apron and the bar g attached to it for operating it may be secured under any Wagon body or frame on which a hopper is placed for either drilling or sowillg broadcast any andallkinds of manure.

Having thus fully described my invention, WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement of the frame A, Wheels B B, aXle C, and apron D, attached to the frame by means of straps a andc, with the bar d, metallic strip x, corrugated wheel F, bar i, chuck J, hopper E, and slide L, the whole being constructed and placed in the relative positions herein set forth, and Operating in the manner specified.

O. M. ALEXANDER, T. H. ALEXANDER. 

